The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.
Responsibilities:
Primary Responsibilities
o Collaborating with various stakeholders to determine application requirements
o Play a central role in technical, business, and organizational contributions affecting the sub-department/department
o Creating high-level product specifications and design documents (conceptual and physical diagrams)
o Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
o Providing the development team with architectural blueprints to follow
o Ensure the security of all applications/software systems
o Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions
o Actively seek ways to improve business applications/software processes and interactions
o Enhance our cloud capability by creating and implementing cloud application patterns
o Work closely with lead architects and engineers to create and maintain architectural templates, build/operational documents, and automation playbooks
o Define API features, expected security setup, scalability, and monetization.
Secondary Responsibilities
o Research and properly evaluate sources of information to determine possible limitations in reliability or usability
o Help other development and engineering teams resolve application-to-platform integration issues for Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) services
o Maintain domain knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and participating in professional organizations
o Coach and mentor engineering teams to raise collective technical expertise
o Testing the final product to ensure it is entirely functional and meets requirements
o Use a proactive approach to common challenges and continually researching best practices in coding
Qualifications:
• Outstanding collaboration and communication skills are essential
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in architecting and designing solutions using at least three disciplines: cloud architecture, software development, data platform integration, business processes and capabilities, focusing on scalability, security, performance, and cost to serve
• 10+ years of experience in applying architecture patterns that cover application, data, events, and API-led design concepts enabling transaction flow for scenarios such as application to application, business to business (B2B), direct to consumer (B2C), digital integration, devices, and things
• 10+ yrs. Experience working on large-scale application projects
• 10+ yrs. Exposure to cloud-managed services, serverless technology, and microservices like Function-as-a-Service, Containers, and managed databases
• 10+ yrs. Experience developing applications/software utilizing various coding languages, including Python, .Net, Java, JavaScript/React, and more
• 10+ yrs. Experience overseeing customized development of processes for multiple projects simultaneously
• 10+ yrs. Experience designing secure applications systems based upon industry specifications
• Demonstrated deep knowledge of web applications, webhook and API development, cybersecurity, and open-source technologies
• Demonstrate a track record of leading within complex organizations requiring strong influence management skills - the ability to work cooperatively at all levels in a matrix environment
Additional Information Regarding Advantage Solutions Job Duties and Job Descriptions
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.
